Country Life

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. It has a unique core mix of contemporary country-related editorial and top end property advertising. Editorially, the magazine comments in-depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, the arts, gardens and gardening, travel, the countryside, field-sports and wildlife. With renowned columnists and superb photography Country Life delivers the very best of British life every week.

Cotswold hits • Ten reasons why we love the Cotswolds

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Athena Cultural Crusader The plight of council museums

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Giles Coren • Westminster School by Jonathan Yeo

A fawn too far? • A young roe deer has a close encounter and an Indian summer saves the barley

Making history live • Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, part II The home of Henry and Kate Berkeley In the second of two articles, John Goodall looks at the stylish reinvention of this grand Regency house, home to the Berkeley family for more than four centuries

Native breeds Gloucestershire Old Spot

Why my heart belongs to the Cotswolds • Arguably our most-loved Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and long at the top of tourists’ must-visit lists, the allure of the Cotswolds is as strong as ever.Paula Lester meets seven people who are lucky enough to call it home

Lark Rise ascending • Flora Thompson’s evocative trilogy captures the ‘threadbare idyll’ of a countryside on the cusp of dramatic change, says Matthew Dennison, as he looks back on a world of rustic wonder, 80 years after the third book was written

Follow your (white) hart • Whether a harbinger of death, a religious symbol or an inspiration for artists and poets, the white deer has long loomed large in our imagination, as Deborah Nicholls-Lee discovers

The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth • Crooked, protruding, discoloured or missing, the British have had bad teeth for centuries. But now, despite being rather proud of our mismatched gnashers, we’re beginning to convert to straighter smiles,

Culinary capers • The latest kitchens, appliances and accessories, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Taking stock in the Cotswolds • A sense of normality has crept back into this once frenetic market, but some noteworthy sales are still being achieved

A certain romance • Take advantage of the Cotswolds AONB with these divine properties

Set in stone • This former working farm in the Cotswolds with its scattering of ancient buildings has been transformed into a series of beautiful gardens surrounding the main house,

Kew’s Herbarium should stay put

Kitchen garden cook Figs

I’m nuts about you • Whether enjoyed as a healthy snack or deployed as the playground weapon of choice, nuts are versatile, abundant and plentiful now,

A blessing in disguise • With its messy, lopsided leaves and tiny yellow flowers, wood avens would never win a beauty contest, but this unprepossessing plant has a rich spiritual history and even some surprisingly snuggly qualities, reveals John Wright

Doing the rounds • A fine selection of art and antiques will appear this autumn, from a statue of Napoleon in Berkeley Square to an ‘exploded bronze’ in Battersea

Food for thought • We’re all foodies at heart, so Hetty Lintell has rounded up some jewels to personify the passion

Time makes ruins of us all

Through the looking glass • A Mirror is the best new play so far this year and raises the...